Overview Spam

  • In some cases people may get really upset after being attacked - that's fine and that's been happening a lot during years that I've been playing this game. And they may decide to arrange a sort of revenge to their best abilities and send a deathstar on a looong attack meaning that you'll constantly see that red notification on your screen. Now another character just started to constantly build and send single interplanetary missiles to attack the same planet over and over. Which I guess is a variation of overview spam. I never build defence so not a huge deal, but I was wondering if the rules actually prohibit such actions or not. There is a mention of spam in the rules but I believe it speaks only to what is normally called "spam" - unwanted messages. The only thread that I could find regarding this topic was this one: What is SPAM Overview in RULES ??? GOs , MODs .. any1 ???? Hello ?? :)


    Question: is there an official rule explicitly saying what spam overview is and whether attacking someone by sending ships to unnecessary long attacks or constantly launching missiles without any reason breaks any existing rules? Ignoring such players is always an option but would be great to know the official point of view.

  • Make a ticket.

    We will investigate and hand out the appropriate administrative sanctions if a rule is violated.


    However, overview spam is typically long-running attacks which serve no purpose.

    Think a single LF or a single SC at 10% across 3 galaxies.

    Of course, IPMs and other forms of overview spam exist.

    Best course of action to take for the person receiving the overview spam?
    Make a ticket.

  • kewlness

    Closed the thread.